2. Most popular GetReligion post: Our most-clicked item of the week was Terry Mattingly’s piece on “That strong New York Times #ChurchToo horror story — with clues pointing to big SBC issues.”

“You see, there are reasons that SBC leaders — the ones who truly want to act — have struggled to come up with a one-plan-fits-all proposal to crack down on the monsters in their midst,” tmatt wrote.

Here’s the thesis: “The Southern Baptists have a real problem, here, and it’s not going to go away. It’s a theological problem, as well as a legal one. The autonomy of the local congregation is a concept at the very heart of what Baptists (and other “free church” bodies) believe about THE CHURCH, as in the New Testament Body of Christ. Asking Baptists to tweak that doctrine — creating an authoritative institution to handle this crisis — would be like asking Catholics to knock the pope off the Throne of St. Peter.”

﻿3. Guilt folder fodder (and more): Liz Navratil and Peter Smith of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report that a Pennsylvania court ruling could open the door to more decades-old clergy abuse lawsuits.

According to the Post-Gazette, a state appellate court ruled that a child sex abuse survivor's lawsuit against the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown — filed after a 2016 grand jury report revealed decades of abuse and coverup there — can proceed to a jury.

5. Final thought: On behalf of Bob and Larry, here’s hoping that Katherine Burgess of The Commercial Appealin Memphis, Tenn., and all the other religion writers who parked at the mammoth Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex eventually located their vehicles.